Climate change forces Jakarta fishing families to marry off young daughters

Mongabay
Dec 22, 2024, 10:56 pm111 ptsTrending
Climate change is driving families on Indonesia’s northern Javanese coast toward child marriage as a survival strategy amid dwindling fish stocks and increasing economic hardships, two Mongabay reports show. Mongabay contributor Maulia Inka Vira Fendilla traveled to North Jakarta’s Kalibaru neighborhood in…

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